JPH0775572B2 - Storage furniture - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to storage furniture arranged along a wall surface of an office or the like.

[Prior Art] As a storage furniture of this type, for example, Japanese Patent Application No.
As shown in No. 62-281673, a plurality of unit furniture units formed by connecting the inner surfaces of the left and right side plates to each other by a horizontal structure arranged in a plurality of stages are arranged adjacent to each other by bringing the side plates into contact with each other. One in which a door is attached to the front edge of each side plate via a hinge has been developed.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, there is a demand for a storage-type furniture of this type also to have a slide-type board used for presentation or the like mounted on the front surface thereof.

However, in this type of storage furniture, since the continuity of the horizontal structure is blocked by the side plate, there is often no continuous flat surface for attaching the long rail. Therefore, it has a long structure for slide boards, because it has a structure similar to that of the storage furniture that has been widely used in the past, that is, the front end surface and the upper surface of the stile form a continuous surface in the left-right direction when a plurality of them are arranged. There is a problem that it is difficult to attach the rail.

The present invention aims to solve such a problem with a simple configuration.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention adopts the following configurations in order to achieve the above objects.

That is, the storage furniture according to the present invention, a plurality of unit furniture units formed by connecting the inner surfaces of the left and right side plates by a horizontal structure in which the inner surfaces are arranged in a plurality of stages are arranged adjacent to each other by bringing the side plates into contact with each other. In a structure in which a door can be attached to the front edge of each side plate via a hinge, a board is placed instead of the door, and an upper rail is attached to a mounting portion to which the hinge is attached via a bracket. The upper rail is slidably supported on the board.

To ensure board support, support the upper rail also on the upper horizontal structure, attach the lower rail to the front end of the middle horizontal structure, and attach the lower edge of the board to the lower rail. It is also good to support.

As a specific mode for holding the upper rail and the lower rail on the horizontal structure, the front end face of the upper horizontal structure and the front end face of the middle horizontal structure are provided with protrusions, respectively, and formed in a U-shaped cross section. It is preferable to fit the base end of the upper rail and the base end of the lower rail to the respective protrusions.

If there is a possibility of providing a double door type door in front of the space formed above the upper horizontal structure, place the upper surface of the upper rail below the vertical center of the upper horizontal structure. It's good to leave.

If there is a possibility of providing a double door type door or drawer in the front of the space formed below the middle horizontal structure, place the lower surface of the lower rail below the center of the middle horizontal structure in the vertical direction. It is preferably located above.

Specific examples of the bracket include an insert piece that is inserted into the side plate and attached to the hinge attachment portion, a standing piece that extends upward from the upper end of the insert piece along the front edge of the side plate, and the standing piece. There is a horizontal piece that is provided at the upper end of the piece and that abuts and supports the lower surface of the upper rail.

In order to make the bracket easy to handle and have excellent strength, it is desirable that the upright pieces of the brackets attached to the adjacent side plates be integrated.

In order to reduce the number of parts and improve the assemblability, it is preferable to fix the horizontal piece of the bracket and the base end of the upper rail to the ridge of the horizontal structure with a common screw member.

To make it possible to select and change the board installation area in units of width units of the unit furniture unit, set the upper rail to a length approximately the same as the width dimension of the unit furniture unit and Adjacent upper rails should be connected at the same position as the furniture unit seam.

To make the upper rails accurately continuous, provide a groove that opens forward at the front end of the upper rails, and fit a common joint member in both grooves of the adjacent upper rails to position both upper rails. It is preferable to keep it.

To prevent the upper rail seams from being exposed to the outside,
It is recommended to attach a decorative cover to the upper rail to cover its front end.

In order to make the appearance particularly good, the decorative cover should have the same length as the upper rail, be provided with grooves on its inner surface, and use a common joint member in both grooves of the adjacent decorative covers. It is preferable that both of the decorative covers are fitted to each other to be positioned.

In order to increase the joint strength between the unit furniture units by the lower rail, a long lower rail having a length substantially equal to the width dimension of the unit furniture unit and a short lower rail having a half length thereof are used. It is desirable that the and are arranged continuously and the seam of the lower rail is located at the center of each unit furniture unit.

If you want to improve the workability of mounting the lower rail, make the lower rail a channel that opens forward and fix the standing wall to the horizontal structure with a screw member that is screwed from the front. It is better to configure

[Operation] With such a configuration, the upper rail can be supported by using the attachment portion to which the hinge is attached as it is. Therefore, even if there is no continuous flat surface across the plurality of unit furniture units, the upper rail can be securely attached.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, this storage furniture has a plurality of unit furniture units ₁₁ to ₁₆ arranged laterally adjacent to each other.

The unit furniture units ₁₁ to _{16 are} , as shown in FIG. 1, the upper horizontal structure 11, the middle horizontal structure 12, and the lower horizontal structure 13 that are provided on the left and right side plates 14 and 15. Inner surface 14a, 15a
The rear plate 16 is provided by bonding the two to each other, and the outer surfaces 14b and 15b of the side plates 14 and 15 are brought into contact with each other so that the plurality of unit furniture units ₁₁ to ₁₆ are adjacent to each other. There is.

As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the side plates 14 and 15 are made of hollow sheet metal that is open to the outside, and hollow reinforcing columns 14c and 15c that fit within their thickness are provided at the rear end portion and the front end portion. Have At the front edge portions of the inner surfaces 14a and 15a of the side plates 14 and 15, inclined surface portions 14 in a direction in which the side plates gradually become thinner toward the front side.
It forms d and 15d. The inclined surface portions 14d and 15d of this embodiment
Are inclined by 45 ° with respect to the inner surfaces 14a, 15a of the side plates 14, 15. A plurality of hinge mounting portions 17 are provided on the front edge portions 14e, 15e of the side plates 14, 15 at intervals in the vertical direction. The hinge mounting portion 17 is provided with through windows 17a and 17b in the inclined surface portions 14d and 15d and the reinforcing columns 14c and 15c, and is opened forward in a portion corresponding to the through windows 17a and 17b in the reinforcing columns 14c and 15c. The channel-shaped pedestal 17c is fixedly installed. Bolt insertion holes 17d are formed in the pedestal 17c, and bolt head insertion holes 17e are formed in the inner surfaces 14a, 15a of the side plates 14, 15. When providing the door 2 on the front surface of the unit furniture units 1 ₁ to 1 _6, as shown in FIG. 4, a hinge 21 provided on Tsumoto 2a of the door 2, is attached to the hinge attachment portion 17 . The door 2 is made of sheet metal having a space between the face plate 22 and the back plate 23, and the end face 24 on the hanging source 2a side is parallel to the inclined surface portions 14d, 15d of the side plates 14, 15 when closed. It is inclined to become. The hinge 21 is a side plate side fixing piece 21a and a door side fixing piece 21b rotatably connected to each other via a shaft 21c. The door side fixing piece 21b is welded to the inner surface of the face plate 22 of the door 2. It is fixed by The side plate side fixing piece 21a is inserted into the reinforcing columns 14c and 15c from the through windows 17a and 17b, and is tightly fixed to the inner surface of the pedestal 17c with bolts 17f. That is, the bolt 17f is screwed into the screw hole 21d provided in the side plate side fixing piece 21a through the bolt head insertion hole 17e and the bolt insertion hole 17d.

In addition, 3 is a rail door, and, like the door 2, the hinge 21
It is hinged to the side plates 14 and 15 through. 4 is a drawer.

In such storage furniture, the unit furniture units 1 ₂ to 1 ₅
In front of the storage space S formed between the upper horizontal structure 11 and the middle horizontal structure 12, the pair of boards 5 and 6 are arranged in place of the door 2 and the hinge 21 is provided. The upper rail 8 is attached to the mounting portion 17 to be mounted via the bracket 17.
The boards 5 and 6 are slidably supported on the upper rail 8. Further, the lower rails 9L and 9S are attached to the front end of the horizontal structure 12 in the middle stage, and the lower edges of the boards 5 and 6 are also supported by the lower rails 9L and 9S.

More specifically, the bracket 7 is, as shown in FIG. 4, inserted into the side plates 14 and 15 and attached to the hinge mounting portion 17 (corresponding to the side plate side fixed piece 21a of the hinge 21). )When,
The upright piece 72 extending upward from the upper end of the insertion piece 71 along the front edge portions 14e, 15e of the side plates 14, 15 and the lower surface 8b of the upper rail 8 provided at the upper end of the upright piece 72 are supported in contact with each other. Horizontal piece
And 73. The standing pieces 72 of the bracket 7 attached to the adjacent side plates 14 and 15 are shown in FIGS.
It is integrated as shown in the figure.

As shown in FIG. 3, the upper rail 8 is formed by integrally suspending two rail main bodies 82 and 83 having an L-shaped cross section from a ceiling wall 81, and a base end portion 84 of the upper rail 8 has a cross section of a cross section. The front end face 11a of the upper horizontal structure 11 has a base end portion 84 formed in a letter shape.
It is fitted to the ridge 11b provided on the. The ridges 11b are provided near the lower surface of the horizontal structure 11 and are provided on the upper surface 8a of the upper rail 8.
Is positioned below the vertical center n of the upper horizontal structure 11 so that the opening and closing of the balustrade door 3 is not obstructed by the upper rail 8. The lower piece 84a at the base end portion 84 of the upper rail 8 is superposed on the horizontal piece 73 of the bracket 7 as shown in FIG. 3, and the horizontal piece 73 and the lower piece 84a of the base end portion 84 are formed. Are fixed to the lower surface of the protrusion 11b of the horizontal structure 11 by a common screw member 74. Proximal end 8
The upper piece 84b of 4 is fixed to the upper surface of the protrusion 11b by a separate screw member 84c. Upper rail 8 is a unit furniture unit 1 ₁ ~
1 width dimensions of ₆ and substantially the same Yes set to length, as shown in FIG. 7, in the same position and seam m of each unit furniture unit 1 _{2-1 5,} the adjacent upper rail 8 to each other Butting A groove 85 that opens forward is provided at the front end of the upper rails 8. By fitting a common joint member 86 to both grooves 85 of the adjacent upper rails 8, the adjacent upper rails 8 are separated from each other. It is positioned. Also, the upper rail 8
A cosmetic cover 87 that covers the front end portion is attached to the.
The decorative cover 87 has substantially the same length as the upper rail 8, and a common joint member 87b is fitted in a groove 87a provided on the inner surface of the upper cover 8 so that the adjacent decorative covers 8 are adjacent to each other.
7 are positioned. The decorative cover 87 includes the screw member 8
It is fixed to the upper rail 8 by 7c.

On the other hand, the lower rails 9L, 9S are channel-shaped with the front opening, and the base end 91 has a U-shaped cross section with the rear opening, and the base 91 is the horizontal structure 12 of the middle stage. Is fitted to a protrusion 12b protruding from the front end face 12a. The protrusion 12b is provided near the upper surface of the horizontal structure 12 in the middle stage, and the lower surfaces 9b of the lower rails 9L and 9S are located above the vertical center p of the horizontal structure 12. This prevents the door 2 from colliding with the lower rails 9L and 9S even when the door 2 is arranged directly below it.
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the short having a lower rail 9L elongated having a unit furniture unit 1 _{2-1 5} width substantially the same length of the length of half The small lower rail 9S and the lower rail 9S are arranged continuously.
L, and seam q of 9S, and is positioned at the center of each unit furniture unit 1 _{2-1 5.} Each of the lower rails 9L and 9S has a channel-like shape that opens to the front as described above, and its standing wall.
The horizontal structure 12 is formed by the screw member 93 in which 92 is screwed from the front.
It is fixed to the ridge 12b. Reference numeral 94 denotes a positioning joint member bridged to the joint q of the lower rails 9L and 9S.
Reference numeral 95 is an auxiliary screw member for fixing the base end portion of the lower rail to the protrusion 12b.

Each of the boards 5 and 6 has a frame member 52 around the board bodies 51 and 61,
62 is a normal one, and suspension wheels 54, 64 are provided on the upper edge portions of the back surface near both ends via brackets 53, 63. These suspension wheels 54, 64 correspond to the upper rails 8. The rail bodies 82 and 83 are supported so as to be rollable. In addition, auxiliary wheels 55 and 65 are attached to the lower edge portions of the back surface in the vicinity of both ends of each board 5 and 6 through brackets 56 and 66, and these auxiliary wheels 55 and 65 are attached to the lower rails 9L and 9S.
It is rolled on the standing wall 92.

88 is a cover that closes the end of the upper rail 8,
Is a rubber stopper for locking the suspension wheels 54, 64.

With such a configuration, each board 5, 6 is made into a unit furniture unit by applying an operating force in the left-right direction.
1 ₁ to 1 ₆ by a distance of 2 units worth can be slid, it is possible to release the front of each unit furniture unit 1 _{2-1 5} freely. Thus, according to this storage furniture, the upper rail 8 can be supported by using the mounting portion 17 to which the hinge 21 is to be mounted as it is. for that reason,
Even if the flat surface continuously over a plurality of unit furniture units 1 ₁ to 1 ₆ is not present, it is possible to reliably attach the upper rail 8. Therefore, the unit furniture unit provided with the door and the unit furniture unit to which the board is attached can have the same basic structure. Therefore, standardization in manufacturing can be promoted, and the user can also freely change the specification as to whether or not the board is mounted.

The width of the board is not limited to that of the illustrated embodiment, but various modifications are possible, for example, the width of one furniture unit.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the existing hinge mounting portion is used as it is to mount the upper rail for suspending and supporting the board. Even if it is difficult to secure the surface, it is possible to mount the board without complicating the structure.

In addition, if the upper rail is also supported by the upper horizontal structure, the lower rail is attached to the front end of the middle horizontal structure, and the lower edge of the board is also supported by the lower rail, The board can be surely supported.

In addition, the upper surface of the upper rail is located below the vertical center of the upper horizontal structure, and the lower surface of the lower rail is
If the board is placed above the center in the vertical direction of the horizontal structure in the middle tier, even if the board is placed instead of the door, there is no possibility that the opening and closing of the door provided below will be adversely affected. Therefore, the user can freely remove the door at a desired position and mount the board at that position.

Further, if the upright pieces of the brackets attached to the adjacent side plates are integrated with each other, the handleability of the brackets becomes good and the assembling workability can be improved. Further, in this way, since the integrated bracket also bears the connection strength between the adjacent side plates,
It is possible to increase the assembly rigidity of the entire storage furniture.

Further, by fixing the horizontal piece of the bracket and the base end portion of the upper rail to the ridge of the horizontal structure with a common screw member, it is possible to reduce the number of parts and improve the assemblability. .

In addition, if the upper rails are set to a length approximately the same as the width of the unit furniture unit and the adjacent upper rails are connected at the same position as the seam of each unit furniture unit, the board installation area will be reduced. , It is possible to appropriately select and change the width unit of the furniture unit. Therefore, it is not necessary to prepare various upper rails with different lengths, which not only simplifies the production but also
The degree of freedom when rearranging the positions of doors and boards on the user side is also greatly improved.

Furthermore, if a groove that opens to the front is provided at the front end of the upper rail, and a common joint member is fitted in both grooves of the adjacent upper rails and both upper rails are positioned, the upper rail will be accurately positioned. Can be continuous. Therefore, despite splicing the upper rails,
Smooth board operation is possible.

In this case, if a cosmetic cover that covers the front end portion is attached to the upper rail, it is possible to prevent the seam of the upper rail from being exposed to the outside, and to improve the appearance. If the decorative cover also corresponds to the width of the unit furniture unit, the decorative cover should have the same length as the upper rail, and a groove should be provided on the inner surface to adjoin it. It is only necessary to fit a common joint member into both grooves of the decorative cover and position both decorative covers. That is, in this way, it is possible to join the decorative cover so that the seams are inconspicuous.

In addition, a long lower rail having a length substantially equal to the width dimension of the unit furniture unit and a short lower rail having a half length thereof are continuously arranged, and the seams of the lower rails are If you place it in the center of the unit furniture unit,
The lower rail makes it possible to increase the joint strength between the unit furniture units. Even in this case, by preparing lower rails of two different lengths, it is possible to deal with boards of any unit width.

In addition, if the lower rail is formed in a channel shape that opens to the front, and the standing wall is configured so that it can be fixed to the horizontal structure by a screw member that is screwed from the front, the lower rail first comes from only the front. Since it can be fixed at a predetermined position by the work of, the workability of attaching the lower rail can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state where a board is opened, FIG. 2 is a front view showing a state where the board is held at a closed position, and FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing a portion, FIG. 4 is a plan sectional view showing a hinge mounting portion corresponding to an end portion of the upper rail, and FIG. 5 is a plan sectional view showing a hinge mounting portion corresponding to a joining position of the upper rail. 6 is a front view of the same, and FIG. 7 is a schematic partial front view for explaining a joined state of the upper rail and the lower rail. 1 ₁ to 1 ₆ …… Unit furniture unit 2 …… Door 5,6 …… Board 7 …… Bracket 8 …… Upper rail, 8a …… Upper surface 9L, 9S …… Lower rail 9b …… Lower surface 11 …… Upper stage Horizontal structure 11a …… front end face, 11b …… projection strip 12 …… middle horizontal structure 12a …… front end face, 12b …… projection strip 14,15 …… side plate 14a, 15a …… inside surface, 14b, 15b …… Outer surface 14e, 15e …… Front end 17 …… Hinge mounting part, 21 …… Hinge 71 …… Inserting piece, 72 …… Standing piece 73 …… Horizontal piece, 74 …… Screw member 84 …… Base end, 85 …… groove 86 …… joint member, 87 …… decorative cover 87a …… groove 87b …… joint member 91 …… base end

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A front edge of each side plate, wherein a plurality of unit furniture units formed by connecting the inner surfaces of the left and right side plates to each other by a horizontal structure arranged in a plurality of steps are arranged adjacent to each other with the side plates abutting each other. In a storage furniture configured so that a door can be attached to a portion via a hinge, a board is arranged in place of the door, and an upper rail is attached to a mounting portion to which the hinge is attached via a bracket, A storage furniture characterized in that the board is slidably supported on an upper rail. 2. The upper rail is also supported on the front end of the upper horizontal structure, and the lower rail is attached to the front end of the middle horizontal structure so that the lower edge of the board is also attached to the lower rail. The storage furniture according to claim 1, which is supported. 3. A base end portion of an upper rail and a base end portion of a lower rail which are formed in a U-shaped cross section by providing protrusions on the front end surface of the upper horizontal structure and the front end surface of the middle horizontal structure, respectively. The storage furniture according to claim 2, characterized in that each of the protrusions is fitted with. 4. The storage furniture according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the upper surface of the upper rail is located below the vertical center of the upper horizontal structure. 5. The storage furniture according to claim 3, wherein the lower surface of the lower rail is located above the vertical center of the horizontal structure in the middle stage. 6. A bracket includes an insert piece inserted into a side plate and attached to a hinge mounting portion, a standing piece extending upward from a front end of the insert piece along a front edge of the side plate, and the standing piece. The storage furniture according to claim 1, further comprising a horizontal piece that is provided at an upper end of the piece and that abuts and supports a lower surface of the upper rail. 7. The storage furniture according to claim 6, wherein the upright pieces of the brackets attached to the adjacent side plates are integrated with each other. 8. The storage furniture according to claim 6, wherein the horizontal piece of the bracket and the base end of the upper rail are fixed to the projection of the horizontal structure by a common screw member. 9. An upper rail is set to have a length substantially equal to a width dimension of a unit furniture unit, and adjacent upper rails are connected to each other at the same position as a seam of each unit furniture unit. The storage furniture according to claim 7 or 8. 10. A front opening of the upper rail is provided with a groove that opens forward, and a common joint member is fitted in both grooves of the adjacent upper rails to position both upper rails. The storage furniture according to claim 9. 11. The storage furniture according to claim 10, wherein a decorative cover for covering the front end portion is attached to the upper rail. 12. The makeup cover is made to have the same length as the upper rail, a groove is provided on the inner surface thereof, and a common joint member is fitted into both grooves of the adjacent makeup covers to make both the makeup covers. 12. The storage furniture according to claim 11, wherein the covers are positioned with each other. 13. A continuous lower rail having a length substantially equal to the width dimension of a unit furniture unit and a short lower rail having a half length thereof are continuously arranged, and a joint between the lower rails. The storage furniture according to claim 9, wherein the unit is located at the center of each unit furniture unit. 14. The storage according to claim 2, wherein the lower rail is formed in a channel shape having a front opening, and the standing wall thereof is fixed to the horizontal structure by a screw member screwed from the front. furniture.